This is a description of the work I am doing at Grupo Boston for the Practicum course.
This work is part of the work a student has to perform in order to graduate at the Universiversidad Latinoamericana en Ciencia y Tecnología.
2. Description of the Institution
The Colegio Boston is an institution of 55 years of experience in the instruction and
the actualization of professionals.
It has a wide academic offer in technical levels of instruction, such as : business,
secretarial and Englis, call center, technology, design and decoration, cosmetology
and “open education” as well.
More than half of a century, it has achieved outcomes that have marked the lidership
in the market.
The institution has the objective to maintain the permanent search of excellency
through the twelve venues among the Costa Rican territory.
It is located in downtown Heredia.
3. Brief historical account
In 1955, the Boston Group arose as the first institution recognized by the
Consejo Superior de Educación, that has provided training opportunities for
those persons who have not obtained a diploma in a faster way in order to
get a job iimmediately.
4. Contac Information
Contact information:
You can call free to the phone number 8000-BOSTON (8000-267866) or to
call to the following venues:
San José
2248-9192Liberia
2665-4629
Cartago
2551-1515
Puntarenas
2661-5656
6. Detailed description of students
Total number of students: 5
Approximate ages: between 21 and 27 years
old.
Level : Basic II and II (Best Intensive)
7. Group´s characteristics
Group weaknessess:
◦ People work and do not have enough time to practice
◦ They are not involved in a biligunal setting
◦ Pronunciation issues
◦ Grammar is learned by infering it.
Group strengths:
◦ Motivation
◦ Interest
◦ Perseverance
8. Group´s characteristics
General aspects found during observations:
◦ Pronunciation issues
◦ Grammar is learned by rules and in context
◦ Reading and writing are practiced using the exercises
◦ They learn a lot of vocabulary every day
Official teacher´s name:
Marta Castro.
Contact info: martha2castro@hotmail.com
9. Description of classroom and equipment
Textbook
Description of classroom and equipment available:
The classroom has enough chairs to have a large class. It is very
modest however; it has an acrylic board with its corresponding
white board markers and the eraser. The institution provides
teacher with laptops, video beams and a recorder to play the
compact disc they use for pronunciation exercises.
Description of bibliographical resources in use:
They use a textbook called Stand Out II.
10. Topics
Description of contents to be covered during practicum:
Welcome to class: feelings, classroom instructions using simple present,
possessives, adjectives, questions with can combining it with pronunciation
exercises /m/
Every life
Let´s go shopping
Food and Nutrition
Housing
Our community
Health
Work
Goals and lifelong learning
Getting to know
Balancing your life
11. Goals
Consumer smarts
Getting hired
On the job
Citizens and community
Description of at least two goals concerning student´s
learning during the practicum (what you expect to achieve at
the end of the teaching practice):
To improve pronunciation and fluency by having them talk as
much as they can.
To enhance fluency by asking them questions, presentations,
writing a paragraph and read texts aloud from the text.
